will advance the interests of the state at least ten years. Emi- | and then, with the blade of it, severed his jugular vein. grants were flocking into the state from all quarters, and seve- The cook was delivered over to the consul at that place. ral thousands were waiting at St. Louis for the opening of the spring. [N. Y. Gaz. Returns for 1834 have been received, of the state of the public schools in 261 towns in the state of Massachusetts. The number of school districts is...... ............................. 2,251 THE MAHONING CANAL BILL PASSED. We have the pleasure, this week, of communicating to our readers, the important in telligence, that the canal bill has passed both branches of the le-Male children attending school, from 4 to 16 years of age 67,499 gislature. The following letter from our senator, Mr. Lyman, to a gentleman of Pittsburgh, tells the story: Columbus, Feb. 20, 1835. Dear sir: The bill to amend an act, entitled "an act to incorporate the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal company," has passed both branches of the legislature. It is now settled that our canal will be made. I shall forward a copy of the act, immediately. After having secured to the company the right to make the canal, so that there can be no failure! We are now making every effort to engage the state to take it, and we meet with considerable encouragement, as well as with the most bitter and determined opposition. Yours respectfully, DARIUS LYMAN. Mr. Tyler having received a majority of the whole number of votes on the 4th ballot, was duly elected, and being conducted to the chair, made his acknowledgments to the senate in the following address: Female children, 63,728 do. do. Amount raised by tax to support schools............... do. Average number of scholars attending academies and 1,967 2,388 $310,178 15,141 24,749 Estimated amount paid for tuition in academies, &c...$276,575 The following is the report of the committee appointed on behalf of the Snow Hill sufferers: .$4,500 00 We acknowledge to have received on behalf of the commit- From James W. Williams, Harford county, Md................ From hon. H. P. C. Wilson, senate, Md. Total Snow Hill, Jan. 22, 1835. To the above may be added, $216, received from the citizens of Salisbury, Md. The "Westminster Review" says Senators: In cailing upon me unexpectedly to preside over your deliberations, you have conferred upon me a testimonial of your respect and confidence upon which I place the highest value. I accept it with gratitude, and shall fondly cherish its recollection. You are the representatives of sovereign states, deputed by them to uphold and maintain their rights and inter ests. Unlike the Roman senate, so much vaunted of in an cient story, you owe your elevation to the high seats which you occupy, to no adventitious circumstance of birth or fortune, but to the ennobling traits of intellect and virtue. And what citizen of any one of these states can fail to be proud of you? Who can reflect without high satisfaction on the daily display of intellectual vigor constantly manifested in the debates which here occur. Party contests may divide and sever-those contests constitute the organic principle of free states-you may severally, in your turn, have become the objects of attack and denunciation before the public; but there is not, and cannot be, an American who does not turn his eye to the senate of the United States, as to the great conservative body of our federal system, and to this chamber as the ark in which the covenant is depo sited. To have received, therefore, at your hands, this station, furnishes to me abundant cause for self gratulation. This feel ing is not diminished by the fact that but few hours now remain to this session, and that I shall be probably called upon to render but little active service in this place. Upon this circumstance, I congratulate both you and myself-for although I have, for the greater portion of twenty years, been connected with legislative bodies, this is the first time I have ever been called upon to preside over the deliberations of any; and I have only sought so far to make myself acquainted with the rules of parIf he had asked him how a nation was to be respectable in liamentary proceeding, as to avoid any flagrant violation of them its connexions with foreigners, when in the midst of the most in my personal couduct. For the short period which will now prosperous negotiations, every foreign agent might twit the elapse prior to your adjournment, I claim, and shall, doubtless-ambassador with the possibility of his being upset next post ly, receive at your hands, for the defects which I may exhibit, by the agency of such a perilous contrived machinery at home, and the errors into which I may fall, a liberal indulgence. and the people's interest in the most important scheme of policy might be peremptorily stayed at the pleasure of an individual as above, and laid under the same kind of loss and BEAUTIES OF THE PRESS! We beg the democracy of this city to keep a close watch on the conduct of their PERJURED misrepresentative, Charles Henry Hall. It will be seen that in the assembly on Thursday, he moved the appointment of a board of rail road commissioners. The object of this motion, no doubt, is to facilitate his designs with regard to the Harlem rail road bubble. We should not be surprised if that unscrupulous individual should yet manage matters so as to saddle that worthless rail road on the people of this city. To the democracy, we say, bear a wary eye! N. Y. Eve. Post. The Republican Herald of Providence, Rhode Island, has the following paragraph: If an American a few weeks ago had insulted an Englishman by asking him, how he could live under a government where the arbitrary power of arresting the whole course of public policy at a moment's warning was lodged in a single individual, and that individual not in any shape selected for the purpose by a nation, but taken by hereditary descent, and consequently liable to be, in the celebrated words of archdeacon Paley, "the feeblest and worst of the whole set, a child, a woman, a madman or a fool;" and who moreover through the operation of absurd laws, was exposed to almost the necessity of surrounding himself with an illegitimate offspring in his youth, and with the counsels of a foreign wife in his old age, thus systematically providing an inlet for the exercise of the two influences most wounding to national honor, and coolly making them integral portions of the government. disadvantage that would accrue to an army from the power of swered boldly that it was an exaggeration and a falsehood." An extraordinary cause is assigned by a French editor for the late ministerial change in Great Britain. Its chief object is said to have been, to effect the marriage of the princess Victoria, the queen that is to be hereaf ter, with the second son of the prince of Orange, instead of to the prince of Wurtemburg, for whom the Grey ministry had destined her. This change has been made, it is added, through Russian influence and the intervention of the present queen of England. The marriage is pressingly urged, and it is thought it will take place before the meeting of parliament, so that in case of the fall of the ministry, the tories will still, during their short Captain Tilden, of the brig Susan, of Baltimore, was reign, have secured for the future queen of England a lately killed at Trinidad, Cuba, by his black cook, whom partner who will be under their influence. The recent he had previously chastised for his impudence. The visit of the prince of Orange to London is said to have fellow struck him on the back of his head with an axe, I had this object. A correspondent of the Albany Advertiser states, that "taking all the strong and small beer together that is brewed in England, it gives two barrels per annum to every man, woman and child, and if collected would float all the navy in commission." No wonder that John Bull is of so portly appearance. ASSAULT ON MR. EWING. A motion was then made to adjourn, but withdrawn at the request of the speaker, who laid before the house the following letter from Mr. Ewing, of Indiana. Washington city, February 28th, 1835. To the speaker of the house of representatives. SIR: My situation compels me to apologise to the house, and through you, to my constituents, for my absence from my seat. While on my way to the boarding house, after the adjournment on the evening of the 26th inst. I was way laid, and assaulted in the most outrageous and dastardly manner, by John F. Lane, a lieutenant in the army, and son of the honorable A. Lane, of Indiana, for no other known cause than for words spoken in debate some weeks since, in reply to his father on the floor of the house of representatives. state the facts of the assault-but say that, as but a few hours of the session remained, they had declined suggesting any steps for the consideration and adoption of the house.] And here we have another case of the kind!-members of congress, must not only be subject to a call to order, but subject to a call out! The following note, published in the Globe, has reference to a challenge said to have been sent by lieut. Barry of the army, son of the postmaster general, t, the hon. Wm. C. Johnson, of this state, for words spoken in debate on the post office bill. House of representatives, March 3d, 1835. MESSRS. BLAIR & RIVES: In justice to both gentlemen we take great pleasure in saying to their friends that the personal of the hon. Wm. Cost Johnson on the floor of the house of redifferences and misunderstanding, growing out of the remarks presentatives, in relation to the hon. W. T. Barry, postmaster general, have been fairly and honorably adjusted, to the full friends. satisfaction of all concerned, by their mutual referees and RH. M. JOHNSON, H. A. WISE, The above communication is approved by us as the friends [We shall insert Mr. Johnson's speech, and give some of the particulars, as we see them stated, as to the "calling of him out." Things are at a pretty pass-if such incidents are per I had but a casual acquintance with the person who committed the outrage, and no intercourse whatever with him to lead to this assault. A blow from an iron cane, with a leaded head, accompanied the first notice of his intention, to attack me, and was repeated by several others, with a violence which I regret to say, at this important and pressing period of the ses-mitted.] sion, has entirely disabled me from taking my seat. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) JNO. EWING. Washington city, 1st March, 1835. MESSRS. BLAIR & RIVES: I hope it will not be deemed improper in me to allude to the principal errors in the statement made by the hon. John Ewing, of the unfortunate rencontre between him and myself, and thus induce a suspension of opinion until the facts are officically exhibited. PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTIONS. At a "democratic" convention held at Harrisburg, on the 4th inst. Ner Middleswarth, president, with six vice presidents, and four secretaries, the following proceedings took place:The officers of the convention being chosen, a committee was then appointed to report resolutions when the convention adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M. The convention met in the afternoon according to adjournment, when, after sundry resolutions were reported and adoptHaving accidentally met with Mr. Ewing, I took occasion, ed, it proceeded to vote for a candidate for governor, viva voce. courteously, to request an explanation of a supposed injury. JOSEPH RITNER, of Washington county, received all the votes He chose to cut short the conversation; virtually refusing the of the conveniton but three from York county, which were explanation, he declared himself prepared to meet me then, given to Joseph Lawrence, a member of the convention. Mr. and uttering a threat, thrust his hand into his breast pocket for Lawrence arose, thanked the delegation from York, and requestthe purpose, as I supposed, of drawing a pistol. In self de-ed that the vote for him might be withdrawn and given to Mr. fence, I then made use of a slender walking cane, my only Ritner, in order that the convention might be unanimous. weapon. It was soon broken. I subsequently treated him with the utmost forbearance, simply repelling the attacks which he successively made with his stick and sword. But the great convention of the "democratic" friends of The injury of which I desired explanation was purely per- Messrs. Wolf and Muhlenberg, which assembled on the same sonal, having no relation in any way to politics, and referring day, after three days of contention, agreed (51 to 41) to dissolve, to myself and other persons, unable to act for themselves. and to meet at Lewistown, on the 6th of May. But a large party The facts, that Mr. Ewing is a member of congress, and I an of the "Wolf men" met the same evening, and, having got over officer of the army, are for me unfortunate. Yet the first does the panic and resolved to admit the disputed delegates, agreed not surely confer on Mr. Ewing the privilege of murdering to meet the next day to make a nomination, which they did--of nor the second, impose on me the duty of being murdered-which we have the following account from the Philadelphia with impunity. "Sentinel," of the 8th instant: I had prepared a statement of the affair to be submitted to Messrs. Boon, Carr, Hannegan, Kinnard and McCarty, of our state, (Indiana), with a request that they would examine and decide upon it. I placed my commission as an officer at their disposal. Should they think it necessary as an example, or expedient to prevent an unfavorable impression against the army, that I should be deprived of it. The investigation commenced by a military court at 12, A. M. of the 28th, and a second investigation directed to be made by a committee of congress, have taken the affair out of my own hands. As Mr. Ewing is a foreigner, and like myself, a single manas the affair itself is purely personal, and as the affray was brought on by Mr. Ewing's hastiness of temper-I respectfully express the hope, that it will be judged by the facts-that po litics will not in any way, be permitted to interfere with it, and that the occurrence will be spoken of impartially. I am, most respectfully, your obedient servant, J. F. LANE. A card-Mr. Ewing, of Indiana, will enter into no newspaper controversy with lieut. Lane, of the army, whose cow ardly and assassin like conduct is attempted to be covered by his note in this morning's Globe. It becomes Mr. Ewing only to state, for the information of his friends at a distance, that the representations of that individual, in relation to the assault, are utterly destitute of truth.-March 2d. [Mr. Ewing may be a "foreigner" by birth-but he served his apprenticeship in Baltimore! The case related to a contro versy in the house between Mr. Ewing and Mr. McCarty, of Indiana, on the one part, and Mr. Lane, (THE FATHER), on the other. It is said, that the president has ordered a court of in quiry into this affair. We hope such is the case. There must needs be an end to all legislation, if an officer of the army or the navy is permitted to raise his hand against a member of congress, for words used in debate! He should be struck from the roll, on the simple fact appearing-as well as be otherwise punished. We have a statement of an examination of the case, by a committee of the house, but cannot give it, just now. They Harrisburg, March 7, 1835. After the excitement which had been produced by the violent and previously concerted attempts of the minority to break up the convention, as soon as it should be determined, by a vote of the undisputed members, that the first set of delegates from Berks county were clearly entitled to their seats, according to the settled usages of the democratic party, had subsided, the impropriety of the last vote given yesterday was so obvious, that it was determined to continue the session to day as usual. The convention accordingly met this morning; the president, James Thompson, esq and the other officers who had hitherto acted with him, took their seats, with the exception of judge Bucher, whose vacancy as one of the vice presidents, was supplied by the election of col. Thomas McKeen, of Northampton county. A resolution was also unanimously adopted to expunge from the journal of yesterday, the votes on the question of a dissolution, as irregular, improper and void. A few Vacancies, caused by the absence of delegates who had previously violated the instructions of their constituents, were filled by the delegates from the same districts, who had been duly authorised to perform that duty. Among the delegates thus introduced was col. Jacob Kern, the speaker of the senate, to act as a delegate from the senatorial district composed of the counties of Northampton, Lehigh, Wayne and Pike. The convention then proceeded to vote, viva voce, for a candidate for governor, when it appeared that GEORGE WOLF had received eighty three votes, and HENRY A. MUHLENBERG, two votes. George Wolf was accordingly declared to be the democratic candidate for the office of governor. A to the national convention were then appointed, with instruc. ticket for electors of president and vice president, and delegates tions to support the nomination of MARTIN VAN BUREN for president. An able and eloquent address to the people of Pennsyland the necessary committees appointed. The convention then vania was reported by a committee and unanimously adopted, adjourned. Of which the Pennsylvanian, of the same date, says:— The following extract of a subsequent letter, gives a sketch of the high-handed and outrageous conduct of the minority delegates, after the formal dissolution of the convention. Saturday, March 7, 1835. ton, Scott, Bussey, Pratt, Gantt, Worthington, Key, Brewer, During the night it seems that a secret caucus of certain indi-Wells, Gilliss, Bevans, Williams, Roberts, of Frederick, Annan, viduals who had been members of the convention was held, at Brengle, Duvall, Cushing, Jones, of Baltimore, Kershner, Welwhich it was determined to meet to day, and proceed to the ty, Wharton, Weast, Harding, Gaither, Bell, McMahon, Bruce, nomination of a candidate for the office of governor. In pur- Devecman-44. suance of this determination, and without any notice having NAYS-Messrs. Sothoron, Fowler, Welch, Kirby, Kent, of been given, and after a large number of the members had gone Calvert, Beckett, Laveille, Turner, of Calvert, Hughes, Carhome, a meeting was held at the court-house, and to the amaze- penter, Dudley, Bruff, Richardson, Nichols, Ford, Nowland, ment of every body, Mr. Thompson, president, who had the day Harlan, Thomas, Roberts, of Q. A. Lariman, Hambleton, of Q. before voted for the resolution dissolving the convention, ap A. Hearn, Johns, Moores, Burchenal, Carter, Turner, of Caropeared in the meeting and became its president. This irregular line, Hardcastle, Gittings, Trundle-30. and disorganized meeting nominated George Wolf, &c. So great an outrage has never before been witnessed in our state. It evinces so desperate and reckless a spirit, that I want terms to express my astonishment and indignation at it. A fact worthy of notice is, that only a minority of the ninety-four who had been members of the dissolved convention, participated in this outrageous proceeding. In consequence of which a few persons met together, and sent the following letter to the mayor Baltimore, 7th March, 1835. To Jesse Hunt, esq. mayor of the city of Ballimore. gates have this day passed a bill to provide for the completion SIR: The undersigned being informed that the house of deleYou may rely upon it that it will be considered an outrage completion of the Baltimore & Susquehannah rail road to York, of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to Cumberland, and for the upon the rights of the people, and it will overwhelm with defeat in Pennsylvania, deem it expedient that the citizens of Balti those who have been concerned in it, as well as their nominee. more should immediately and generally assemble in town meetIndignation is expressed on every side at this singular measure, and it is supposed that no such result could have been produced ing, to express their gratification at that event, and their anxiif the convention had not been surrounded by an army of office- us wish that the senate may approve an act, which, becoming a law, will render Maryland one of the most conspicuous states holders-judges, superintendents, collectors, supervisors, lock-of the union-and therefore, they respectfully and earnestly ask keepers, aldermen, prothonotaries, registers, recorders, &c., you to call a town meeting, to be held at the Exchange on Tueswho besieged the convention on every side, and urged men to day morning, the 10th day of March, at 12 o'clock. desperation, who, if they had reflected, would never have comWe have the honor to be, your fellow citizens, mitted an act so entirely indefensible. SOLOMON ETTING, LUKE TIERNAN, H. NILES, P. E. THOMAS, JACOB ALBERT, Jos. TODHUNTER, GEO. WINCHESTER, ASAHEL HUSSEY, N. F. WILLIAMS, They well knew that if the question was fairly presented to the people, the present incumbent could not be renominated, and they were equally certain that Mr. Muhlenberg would be nominated almost without an effort. This movement then of desperate men, has been made out of a fear to commit the question to the people, and in the vain hope that their voice can be stifled, and their indignation suppressed. The hope, however, is vain indeed: you may expect a burst of popular disapproba tion which cannot be restrained. The people will assemble in convention at Lewistown, and speak in a voice of thunder. Mr. Muhlenberg will be there nominated, and you may rest assured that he will be elected by a triumphant majority. Mr. Muhlenberg has nothing to fear. If he shrink from the contest, he will be sacrificed, and with him the party; for no man in his senses can believe that such a nomination will be submitted to by a virtuous people. And the same paper of Tuesday the 10th, says: VAN BUREN AND MUHLENBERG. WM. BOSE, WM. C. SHAW, Mayor's office, Baltimore, March 7th, 1835. The undersigned, fully concurring in the views expressed in the foregoing communication, respectfully requests his fellow citizens to assemble at the Exchange at 12 o'clock, on Tuesday next, the 10th instant, for the purpose of adopting such measures as may be deemed proper in relation to the bill recently passed by the house of delegates (and now pending before the senate) providing for the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to Cumberland, and the Baltimore and Susquehannahi rail road to York. JESSE HUNT, mayor. We have this day placed at the head of our columns the name of Martin Van Buren, for the next presidency, and that of Henry One of the largest meetings ever held in this city was conA. Muhlenberg, for the governorship of Pennsylvania, subject vened in consequence, though the weather was very incleto the decision of the conventions to which their respectivement, and was organised by the appointment of Jesse Hunt, claims will be submitted; believing from signs which cannot be mistaken, that these distinguished democrats are emphatically the choice of the yeomanry of the keystone state. The people are aroused to action; they have taken the question into their own hands, and late events have shown that the days of interested dictation are over. The rallying cry is now Van Buren and Muhlenberg! mayor of the city, as president, and Messrs. col. Moore, Samuel Hoffmam, Jacob Albert, Jacob G. Davies, vice presidents, and Messrs. Wm. Crawford, jr. and B. I. Cohen, as secretaries. Mr. McMahon presented the following preamble and resolutions, which he enforced with a powerful appeal to the citizens of Baltimore for a united effort in furtherance of the canal and rail road. An unholy league has long existed in this commonwealth, the members of which have labored with a zeal worthy of a better cause, to bear down the people, to direct their choice, and to destroy in their view, the reputation of those men whose purity and patriotism were dreaded. Martin Van Buren was first selected as a victim. Every effort was made by the would be die-York, in Pennsylvania, upon terms highly beneficial to the tators, to render him odious to the democracy of Pennsylvania. But the current of healthy public opinion compelled them to abandon open hostility, and to labot for his destruction in secrecy and silence. The same attempt to crush Henry A. Muhlenberg has been tried, and as we now see, with the same results. The people have risen indignantly to assert their rights, and to teach the men who thought that because they had sometimes been successful, when floating with the current, they could direct it where they pleased, that democracy is not to be deceived, led or driven, and that he who attempts to stem the tide, will meet a fate due to his presumption, and sink beneath the force of popular opinion. And so the matter stands, at present. The "Wolf party," by throwing themselves into the arms of Mr. Van Buren, hope to hold on--but the state patronage is much larger than that of the United States, and we shall see the result! The meetings of the convention were very uprorious, and the parties speak of one another in terms that are not the most cre ditable. Whereas, The house of delegates in the general assembly of Maryland, have passed a bill, providing for the prompt completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to Cumberland, and the completion of the Baltimore and Susquehannah rail road to companies incorporated to construct those works, and in every way advantageous to the people of Maryland; and whereas, this meeting regard the early completion of those improvements as being necessary to the prosperity of this city and state; and also because the said bill wisely provides an ample fund, without taxation, for the support of public schools throughout this state, and the universal education of those who will control our destinies, and upon whose intelligence the welfare and safety of the state must ever depend Be it therefore Resolved, That a committee consisting of 24 persons be appointed by the chair to proceed to Annapolis and respectfully communicate to the senate of Maryland the anxious wish and lively hope of this meeting, that the honorable body may approve and pass the aforesaid bill. Resolved, That copies of these proceedings be transmitted to the general assembly of Maryland-and to the editors of the newspapers published in this state-and that this meeting now adjourn to reassemble upon notice to be given by the chairman, after the general assembly shall have definitively acted on the said bill. 1 the United States, after having delivered to Mr. Forsyth, the The following from the Maryland Republican, shews the method intended for a redemption of the debt. Internal improvement-common school fund. It is proposed to lend the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company two millions of dollars, and to the Baltimore and Susquehannah rail road company one million of dollars, at six per cent and to borrow the money, by issuing state stock, and selling this at an advance of not less than 15 per cent. and that this advance shall constitute a fund for the support of common schools. The fund or bonus The undersigned, etc. has received orders to deliver the folwill of course be $450,000, or upwards-and this being put out towing note to the secretary of state of the government of the at compound interest, will become more than three millions of United States: dollars, within 33 years-and its annual interest will be at least 188,000 dollars per annum: this fund it is proposed shall be distributed according to the ratio prescribed last year, for the distribution of $100,498 then divided amongst the several counties of this state, and the city of Baltimore-and the following ta bles have been carefully framed to shew the power of the said advance, at compound interest, at different rates and for seve ral periods-and the distributive annual share of each county and the city of Baltimore, of the interest of that fund, alter it shall have risen to three millions capital. A table shewing the product of an investment of 450,000 dollars- at 6 pr. ct. $805,950 768,600 1,443,430 1,312,890 It would be superfluous to say that the message, addressed on December I, to the congress of the United States by general Jackson, has been received at Paris with the most painful surprise. The king's government is far from supposing that the measures which this message recommends to the attention of the congress, will be adopted by that assembly. But even considering the document in question as a simple manifestation of the opinion which the president wishes to express as to the march pursued by the French government in this affair, it is impossible not to consider its publication as an act of the most serious nature. The complaints made by the president against the pretended non-fulfilment of the engagements entered into by the king's government in consequence of the vote of April 1, 1834, are not only strange from the inexactitude upon which they are founded, but also because, from the explanations given to Mr. Livingston at Paris, and those which the undersigned gave direct to the cabinet at Washington, appeared not to have left any possibility of a misunderstanding upon points to delicate. It resulted in effect, from these explanations, that if the session of the chambers, which was opened on July 31 last, in order to com Ten years, 698,895 Twenty 1,095,545 Thirty 66 2,585,260 2,242,350 1,943,900 1,705,813 Forty 4,620,430 3,831,130 3,168,222 2,628,271 A table-showing the distributive, annual share of the seve ral counties of this state, and of the city of Baltimore-of the sum of 180,000 dollars, or the interest on three millions of dol-ply with an express prescription of the charter was prorogued lars, the product at compound interest of 450,000 dollars-the deast advance or bonus at which it is proposed to sell state stock, in aid of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company and of the Baltimore and Susquehannah rail road company-the ratio of distribution being that which was prescribed in resolution No. 47 passed December session, 1833. Allegany county,...... Baltimore county,.. City, Calvert county, Charles..... Frederick,.. Harford,.. Montgomery,.. ..... Prince George's,. St. Mary's,... Washington,. Caroline,.. Cecil,.. Dorchester, Kent,. Queen Ann's... Somerset,... Talbot,. Worcester,..................... Total .$7,405 .8.740 .13,875 23.440 ....5,635 ..6,560 15,750 7.960 ..8,200 ..6,835 .6,345 11,000 ...6,400 ...8.010 8,750 ****..6,005 6.505 ...8,070 6,405 ...8,110 $180,000 These proceedings have made us "all alive" in Baltimore. There is very little doubt but that the bill will pass the senate; and, if so, we have a moral certainty that these great works will be completed. We shall state the particulars hereafter. THE SUPPRESSED LETTER FROM MR. SERRURIER, at the end of fifteen days, before the bill relative to the American claims announced in the speech from the throne, could be brought into discussion; this prorogation arose only from the absolute impossibility of commencing at a period so premature the legislative labors belonging to the year 1835. It equally resulted that the motives which prevented the formal presentation of the bill in question during this first period of fifteen days had been drawn principally from the desire of better insuring the success of this important affair, by choosing the most opportune moment for offering it to the consideration of the newly elected deputies who possibly might have been prejudiced against it by the unusual eagerness shown in submitting it to them so long before the period when they would have to take it into discussion. The undersigned adds that, moreover, it is difficult to comprehend the advantages which would have arisen from such a measure, since it would have produced the results which president Jackson declared he bad in view; that of announcing to congress the final conclusion of these long negotiations. The president supposes it is true, that the chambers might have been reassembled before the last month of the year 1834, but even had the session been reopened some few weeks earlier, which, from several causes, is impossible, the most simple calculation will prove that under no circumstances could the decision of the chambers have been obtained, and a fortiori known at Washington on Dec. 1. The king's government could not but believe that considerations so evident must have brought conviction to the cabinet of the United States, and the more so as no communication by that cabinet to the undersigned, or transmitted at Paris through Mr. Livingston, had afforded the least expectation of the irritation and misunderstanding which the message of December 1st has revealed in a manner so deplorable, and when even Mr. Livingston, coinciding with that judicious spirit which characterises him in that system of temporising and prudent forbear&c.ance adopted with a view to the common interests by the cabinet of the Tuilleries, had required, at the moment of the meeting of the chambers, that the presentation of the bill should be still deferred, in order that its discussion should not be mixed up with debates of another nature, the coincidence with which might alone compromise the bill. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of March 7. [By an arrival from Havre, with Paris dates of Jan. 31.] On the 30th January the remaining documents respecting the American indemnity were presented to the chamber of deputies. What these papers were, we are not informed, excepting only the two following notes-the first from the French minis- This last obstacle had just been removed, and the bill was on ter to M. Serrurier, briefly announcing the course the French the point of being presented to the chamber of deputies, when government had adopted in consequence of the offensive lan- the arrival of the message, creating an astonishment at least guage of the president's message, and enclosing to bim the draft equal to the just irritation it failed not to excite, forced the goof a letter to be addressed to the American secretary of state- vernment to deliberate upon the part it ought to act. Strong which draft is the second letter below, and we presume is none in its good faith and dignity, it did not think that the inexplicaother than the suppressed despatch, which the American exe-ble act of president Jackson ought to make it absolutely recutive is about to make the subject of a special representation to the French ministers. Paris, 14th January, 1835. SIR: I have received the despatches you have done me the honor to address to me up to December 2, inclusive. The message of president Jackson has produced in France the effect you anticipated. The king's government cannot, evidently, dispense with repelling by a marked manifestation, a measure so offensive. His majesty has decided that you should leave nounce a resolution founded upon principle and sentiments of good faith and good will towards a friendly nation. Although it cannot conceal from itself the extent to which the provocation from Washington has increased those difficulties which were already great, it decided to apply to the chambers to place at its disposal the twenty-five millions stipulated by the treaty of July 4. In the mean time, his majesty has resolved not to expose his minister to hear such language as that which was uttered on December 1. The undersigned has received orders to return to France, and the transmission of these orders have|ed upon the treaty, nor will they for several weeks. been communicated to Mr. Livingston. 1 have no doubt that they will pay the money, unless CONGRESS adopt some offensive and impolitic measure, which will be insulting to the pride of the nation. "I send you a memorial of the manufacturers of Lyons, which places the question in a forcible point of view. Extract of a letter from an American, dated Paris, 29th Jan.Nothing has been done yet by the chamber of deputies. The opposition of all shades is striving might and main to produce a rejection of the treaty, but I do not believe it can succeed. The government on the other hand is earnestly intent upon doing us justice, and the defence of the treaty will be entrusted to M. Thiers, by far the ablest man in the house. The subject is uppermost in all minds. The more it is investigated, the bet-good feeling which was cherished for America and Americans, ter it will be for us. Hitherto it was considered one of very little moment. "A mere suggestion of a suspension of commercial intercourse was enough to induce the people of France to urge upon their deputies a speedy settlement of the question. "It will be many years before France will be restored to that unhappily broken up by the language of the president. I hope Extract of another letter, dated Paris, Jan. 22.—After I wrote last, I fell in with several persons in whose judgment I place much confidence. From M. Welles, I learnt that a party of about 30 members, who voted six months ago against the bill, have come round, and he thinks it will pass this time. M. Gau tier, sub governor of the bank and a peer of France, told me that if nothing new of an irritating nature should be received from congress within a month or six weeks, he not only thought the chambers would pass the bill, but felt sure of it, and this opi- The following is part of a letter from an American gentleman nion he formed after conversing with many opposition members. in Paris, last August, published in New York. If the governLetter to the editor of the New York American, dated Havre, ment had acted upon this suggestion, the money would have Feb. 1, 1835.-I shall not have time to write to you after the Es been provided before this time. It is believed that Mr. Livingtafette arriving from Paris. I have only to tell you, that accord-ston, and Mr. Rives, were in favor of the course here recoming to all appearances, the bill for indemnity under Mr. Rives' mended: treaty, will pass the chamber. The Lyons people, the Bordeaux people, and the uncertainty generally, as to the result of this affair, (which has had an unfavorable influence on commerce,) will not fail to have weight with the chambers. The tone of the opposition has lowered, and the government party seem to have plucked up courage of late. When the message arrived, the latter seemed to be undecided what to say. But little now is said of national dignity, and the cabinet were evidently afraid of the tier parti, among which they still have supporters on many questions, but Dupin had made them opposition on this. So you see the government had to fear the vote of the Carlists, republicans, and the party just mentioned. This is what count de Rigny means in his letter to Mr. Livingston, which you have seen. But whatever may be the result of the vote, which must now soon take place, rely upon it, the real spring to touch is the commerce of the country. And all who so view the subject, cannot but be pleased to see by the last accounts from Washington, that the president no longer thinks war will be necessary to obtain justice here. | "There is but one way in which we can get our just indemnification, and that is, by passing a law, at the early part of the next session of congress, authorising the president, in the event of a failure to provide for it, at the next session of the chamber, to close all the ports of the United States against all French importations. This will cause great consternation throughout France-we consume one-fourth of their silks, and you will see such scenes at Lyons as were never seen before. If they retaliate by excluding our cotton and tobacco, they will ruin their lace and calico manufactories, and lose their monopoly of tobacco, which you know is now enjoyed by the government. We can get our silks and velveta from Italy, and send our tobacco to Holland. The people of France will bring them to justice. If threatening language is used by our government, it will be a pretext for not being coercive. If reprisals are resorted to, they will turn their quadruple alliance to account against us by getting the aid of Great Britain, under French commissions, to harass our commerce." The following is a copy of a letter from a respectable mercantile house, dated New York, March 7, 1835. "Dear sir: Our letters to 31st January, from Paris, speak of the passage of the bill as almost certain. We trust it may so prove, and put an end to the present uncertainty so disastrous to trade. At the request of , we send you the address of the manufacturers of Lyons to the deputies, and remain truly, &c." མམ་ Extract from a letter, dated Paris, Jan. 30.—At this stage of the rupture, and when it was stated that Mr. Livingston would depart the next day for England, every American in Paris approved the course, which it was supposed he had so promptly adopted. But Mr. L. seems to have considered that second thoughts are best in such cases-and after consulting with the diplomatic corps, residing at this court, he addresses a note to the French minister of foreign affairs, requesting an explanation of the note he had received, in which the passports were mentioned. He is answered, that that note needs no explanation. Mr. L. transmits a second note! and remains here, "pausing for a reply." Meantime, he has had an audience with the King*Department of state, Washington, 10th March, 1835. and all this a week ago. It is understood that Mr. Livingston Mr. Livingston's answer to count de Rigny's note, of the 13th will not "take the responsibility" of leaving his post; but waits January last, having been received at this department after to be dismissed by this, or recalled by his own government. A the adjournment of congress, to whom that note was commumore awkward affair never subjected two nations to the obser-nicated, it is now made public by direction of the president of vation of others. John Bull speculates upon the chances of a the United States. war, in various moods; and should it take place, would doubtless speculate in another sense. From all I can learn of what is "saying and doing" on the subject, I am inclined to adopt the opinion of those who seem to be best informed, that a bill providing for the American claim will be passed at the present session of the chambers, on the principle before mentioned. Should our government leave the matter upon a similar footing, the two parties will see there is nothing left to justify a war, and shake hands. M. Hyde de Neuville has addressed another letter to the Echo Francais on the subject of the American claims. He states no new fact of importance, but says he is acquainted with a great many which he may reveal hereafter. In the meantime he declares his opinion that the claims made by general Jackson are very exorbitant. The following is the most positive declaration on this subject contained in his letter, which is of great length: "I persist in thinking that the treaty ought to be rejected. A new negotiation may be opened upon different bases, and the United States will have no cause to complain, for their president has no power to engage the treasury. Every thing will then go in order, a great fault may be remedied, and if France is found to be indebted, every man of conscience will declare that she ought to pay her debt." The following articles are from the "National Intelligencer" of Tuesday last The following is an extract of a letter from an American gentleman in Paris, to a member of the house of representaLives, dated Paris, January 31. "I have nothing new here. The chambers have not yet act[*This report Mr. Livingston positively denies, in his letter to Mr. Forsyth, dated January 16th, in the last Register, page 16.] MR. LIVINGSTON'S LETTER. Legation of the United States, Paris, January 29th, 1835. His excellency count de Rigny, minister, secretary of state of foreign affairs: SIR: Having already had occasion to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency's letter of the 13th instant, and to answer that part of it which most urgently required my attention, proceed to the consideration of the other matters which it contains. I shall do this with a sincere desire to avoid every thing that may excite irritation, or increase difficulties which already uniformly exist. Guided by this disposition, I shall confine myself to an examination of your note, considered only as an exposition of the causes which his majesty's government thinks it has to complain of the message sent by the president of the United States to congress, at the opening of its present session. Your excellency begins by observing that nothing could have prepared his majesty's government for the impressions made upon it by the president's message, and that if the complaints he makes were as just, as you think them unfounded, still you would have reason to be astonished at receiving the first communication of them in such a form. If his majesty's government was not prepared to receive complaints on the part of the U. States, for the non-execution of the treaty, every thing I have said and written since I have had the honor of communicating with your excellency, and your predecessor in office, must have been misunderstood, or forgotten. I can scarcely suppose the first; for, if my whole correspondence is referred to, and my verbal representations recollected, they will be found in the most unequivocal language to express an extreme solicitude for the execution of the treaty-a deep disappointment at the several delays which have intervened, and emphatically the necessity which the president would be under of laying the matter before congress at the time, when in fact he has done so, if before that period he did not receive notice that the law had passed for giving effect to the treaty. To urge the obliga |